Won't be buying because of the way Egosoft released the VR version

[shireknight]

I've just read the email regarding the release of Foundations and I'm afraid for the first time I won't be purchasing this X title and it's purely down to the way that X Rebirth VR was released.

I've bought and played every X game since the beginning and clocked up thousands upon thousands of hours in these awesome games however I dutifully purchased X Rebirth and unfortunately did not like it and in fact to date according to Steam I have so far clocked up 2 hours of game time.

Not a problem, it was experimental and a huge change from the original format so if you don't like it you don't like it that's life however then X Rebirth VR was released, now I own a Vive so the fact that there is now a VR option could completely change my view of the game around and turn it into yet another much loved Egosoft title but what did you do?

Did you give a copy to everyone who already owns the original game? nope you released it as a brand new title, so lets get this straight, I bought X Rebirth and don't like it but rather than give me the VR version for free (or at least at a substantially reduced rate of say £10) Egosoft expect me to purchase the same game a second time in the hope that now with the VR mode I might enjoy it.

I'm sorry but in my mind that is pretty, pretty bad and now it's had the knock-on effect of poisoning me against this series that I loved so much, partly for the fear that the same thing might happen again and partly because I am still outraged from what you did with Rebirth.

Sorry Bernd/CBJ

[DaMuncha]

the VR version is on the new engine and they had to remake parts of the renderer and interface so that it can be viewed in VR. While I understand that this took alot of work, I too think the VR update should have been at least heavily discounted. Its also a cut down version of XR that doesnt include all features of XR and only one cluster.

[Silla]

I neither understand why people that own expensive PC hardware and even more so expensive additional pc gear as VR headsets getting pissed when it comes to paying for a game regardless the content. Nor do i see why you’d be entitled to pay less or even get something for free. On top of it is the VR headset market because of its prices still in its childhood phase. Combine this with the fact that not every VR user buys a game such as X4 just as not every pc users has the same taste in games. This means producing something as XR VR is not only risky it also comes at diminishing returns compared to its production value if you’d compare it to other markets ..like pc only. Besides keeping priorities in place we should not forget that any company wants to earn money. If you don’t like it don’t buy it that‘s your choice ...but why then come here and cry about it as if your tears do matter ?

[Mavo Pi]

For me I would have prefered it as a dlc for the original game but I think it is a bit too much to ask for it to be free. As I understand the new engine and the vr interface took a lot of work and they also had to adjust a lot of things to make the game run well on oculus and vive recommended spec. Also there needed to be a seperate version for people who did not own the original game and want to play the vr version. There is a mod to change the universe to the original one if you have the machine to run it. By now I have got many more hours in the vr version than in the 2d one.

Edit: The vr edition contains the same number of systems sectors and zones as the 2d version. The number of stations has been reduced and the remaining stations are more seperated from each other.

[Karvat]

I don't see any reason to not support this wonderful company, just forget about XR, it was a mistake for this series

[Alan Phipps]

Let's not revisit the X Rebirth VR debate here in the X4 forum. The OP will not buy X4 as is their individual choice for whatever reasons. Let's move along now, nothing to see here.

[XD733]

I think it made perfect sense to charge more for it. They put a ton of resources and effort into making it, and it had a new plot that differed from the original X:Rebirth. I think their mistake was in giving it exactly the same name, which makes it sound like they did nothing except click a checkbox that adds VR.

[Alan Phipps]

Ah well. Don't say I didn't try. Click.